Not perfect it, but what is

Rating: Null/10 (6 July 2003)

There are no perfect movies, even classics have their errors, and there will always be some who love and others who hate, with the majority in between. This movie focuses more on the human aspect, rather than political or scientific aspects would could have taken precedence easily.

True the filming was at times grainy, in my opinion it added much to the overall quality of the film. It showed not a clear scene but caused you to generally focus on the center of the screen. You never were sure what would happen next, okay well sometimes you wouldn't of course like any movie it does follow some basic structure standards.
The flashes, that people complained added an MTV like quality created an ominous feeling, and though there was little gore cause the major suspense of the movie. You didn't know exactly was going on with the "infected" but your imagination created it.
There are many unanswered questions, such as why was there such little security to begin with in this medical facility, or why were there no survivors from Manchester or surrounding areas, what exactly did the disease do the body, How was Jim able to change so much on a physical plane, and was the spitting blood aspect a dissolving of the body or a weapon?

People mentioned that the infected didn't eat one another, I think that is explained in that species tend not to eat their own unless damaged, we only saw healthy infected, or undamaged ones. Since it does delve in psychological, societal, and global issues, I think we are prone to analyze it more. We are scared of global contagions, of possible infections, of what they can and will do to us. I think this does address some of those concerns, though the time was condensed. Many of the psychological traumas would usually take more time to occur, but on further reflection, after the effects of the contagion, there was enough stress to create such an environment. Again far from perfect, but you enjoy the movie for what it makes you think about, for when it makes you jump, to the issues that are shown, and emotions involved(particularly the letter from Jim's parents).